Notes from BCC meeting – live updates

Hearing new information during special meeting of Escambia County Board of County Commissioners: Escambia County didn’t have pandemic emergency plan for the public until county…

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COVID-19: Thursday noon update

BY THE NUMBERS: CORONAVIRUS — THURSDAY LUNCH EDITION BY NSF Staff TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health late Thursday morning released updated numbers about…

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Traveling from Italy will not get you tested

Health Department director Dr. John Lanza and hospital executives have repeatedly said that a person must have specific systems to be allowed to be tested–fever,…

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COVID-19: numbers, possible hoax and supplies

BY THE NUMBERS: CORONAVIRUS — WEDNESDAY EVENING EDITION By NSF Staff TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday evening released updated numbers about…

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Drive-thru testing center coming to Brownsville, March 23

Escambia County, the City of Pensacola, Ascension Sacred Heart and Community Health Northwest Florida have partnered to open a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Brownsville…

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COVID-19: 98 more cases and more info

The DOH reported:  Today, as of 10 a.m., there are 314  total Florida cases – up from 216 that was reported last night. New Florida…

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More COVID-19 cancellations, changes

Update 9:39 a.m. Wednesday, March 18 From City of Pensacola: The How to do Business with Local Government Workshop originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 25 has…

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Navy Federal’s official statement on employee that tested positive

From 6 p.m. March 17:  Navy Federal Credit Union learned today that an employee working at its campus in Pensacola, FL tested presumptive positive for…

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COVID-19: test results, masks, ventilators and more

Tuesday morning Escambia County officials met with hospital executives and other medical professionals as part of the activation of the Emergency Operations Center. The meeting…

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Mayor asks governor to set up a claims center

Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson yesterday sent a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis proposing that claim center be established for laid-off workers and small businesses that…

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Doctors plea that millennials take COVID-19 guidelines seriously

At Monday’s White House briefing, President Donald Trump announced new guidelines to combat the novel coronavirus COVID-19 “My administration is recommending that all Americans, including…

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DOH: COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Today, as of 10 a.m.,the Florida Department of Health reported 192  total Florida cases. One person has died in Broward County who tested positive for COVID-19. This death is…

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FloridaWest: Fill out damage assessment survey to help local economy

Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the activation of the Business Damage Assessment survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Florida’s local business operations….

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Breaking news: Governor closes bars, nightclubs for 30 days

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced this morning that all nightclubs and bars in the state will close for 30 days. The businesses will be ordered…

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Presser notes: ‘Don’t panic’

By Jeremy Morrison In detailing the city of Pensacola’s response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, Mayor Grover Robinson said that officials were trying to keep…

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Businesses have started to close physical locations (as 8 a.m. 3/17/20)

Businesses are making the decision to temporarily close offices and move to online. Inweekly will update this list as we receive more information. The accounting…

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DOH changes reporting on Coronavirus; Fla. Primary still on

The Florida Department of Health is no longer including in its daily press release a list of the new COVID-19 case. As of this morning,…

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City updates on services, community centers and meetings

City Community Centers, Programs to Close to the Public —Meal Pick-ups for Seniors to Continue Due to concerns related to COVID-19, the City of Pensacola…

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Escambia activates EOC tomorrow

Press Release: Escambia County Activates Emergency Operations Center at a Level 2 Escambia County will activate its Emergency Operations Center at a level 2 on March…

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Ascension Sacred Heart drive-thru handles 61 people on first day

Ascension Sacred Heart shared with Inweekly the questions used to screen patients for the drive-through Coronavirus testing. The COVID-19 testing site did nasal swabs on…

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